‘Mystic Pizza’ owner sentenced to year in prison for tax evasion
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The owner of the Connecticut restaurant that was the setting for the 1988 movie “Mystic Pizza” was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison in federal court for tax evasion and hiding hundreds of thousands of doll…
White supremacist warned after statement on hatred of Jews in Kansas murder trial
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – A judge warned a Missouri white supremacist, accused of murdering three people outside two Kansas City-area Jewish centers, not to speak about his hatred of Jews in the opening statement of his trial on Monday.
National Rifle Association sues Seattle over ‘gun violence’ tax
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups sued Seattle on Monday over a new tax on firearms and ammunition sales, arguing the city had violated a Washington state law barring municipalities from enacting local firea…
Lawyer says police account of shooting Missouri teen untrue, lawsuit coming
(Reuters) – Lawyers representing the family of a black teenager fatally shot in the back last week by police in St. Louis, Missouri, said Monday that interviews with several witnesses who were at the scene contradict the police account of the incident….
Catholic priest sentenced to jail for groping woman on U.S. flight
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Catholic priest convicted of groping a woman on a U.S. airline flight was sentenced to six months in federal prison on Monday after the victim testified that she was still traumatized by the ordeal, prosecutors said.
Judge delays release of juror names in Boston bombing trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday rebuffed a request to release the names of the jurors who convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of the Boston Marathon bombing and sentenced him to death, saying it would be premature to do so while he is seeking a new t…
Drug kingpin sent to U.S. prison for ‘Spice’ network
DENVER (Reuters) – A 68-year-old Las Vegas man will serve five years in federal prison for his role as kingpin of a criminal organization that distributed the so-called synthetic marijuana “Spice” for sale across the country, a U.S. judge ruled on Mond…
FTC has power to police cyber security: appeals court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said the Federal Trade Commission has authority to regulate corporate cyber security, and may pursue a lawsuit accusing hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide Corp of failing to properly safeguard consumers’ information.
Son of Oklahoma labor commissioner held in father’s fatal stabbing
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The son of Oklahoma’s state labor commissioner is being held on suspicion of fatally stabbing his father at a fast-food restaurant in Oklahoma City, police said on Monday.
Bus slams into NYC building, at least seven injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least seven people were injured on Monday when a bus crashed into a building in the Queens area of New York City, a spokesman for the Fire Department of New York said.
